Laura Trevelyan and the gathering momentum for reparations
by Rashmee
Posted on March 17, 2023
News that longtime BBC journalist Laura Trevelyan has presented her last @BBCWorld News America show …
Read MoreTumult in paradise? St. Kitts and Nevis, one of Britain’s ‘realms’, plans ahead
by Rashmee
Posted on October 29, 2022
Here’s a handy way to remember history if you’re thinking about St. Kitts and Nevis …
Read MoreThe worry over Hurricane #Irma: our house is in Florida
by Rashmee
Posted on September 12, 2017
Here’s an email from the tenants at our house in western Florida: “Hope all is …
Read MoreSt Maarten: a very personal memory of the Caribbean island 95% destroyed by #Irma
by Rashmee
Posted on September 8, 2017
I have a very particular interest in the Caribbean island of St Maarten, now 95 …
Read MoreNepal & Haiti were once part of different community of sorrow: cholera
by Rashmee
Posted on April 28, 2015
Till Saturday’s earthquake, the only time the words “Haiti” and “Nepal” appeared in one sentence, …
Read MoreMark Twain & Miss Lou underline that other point of view about Chetan Bhagat
by Rashmee
Posted on March 22, 2015
Harshit Agarwal @Harshit248 tweeted in response to yesterday’s blog: “Are you saying that chetan …
Read MoreCreole diplomacy: ‘We glad yu cum visit. Nuff respect and walk good’
by Rashmee
Posted on March 20, 2015
“Korea and Jamaica a frien from long long time,” says the South Korean charge to …
Read More5 years after quake, Haiti has some hotels but too few hospitals and schools
by Rashmee
Posted on January 18, 2015
Whatever happened to all that aid for Haiti, Emily Troutman asked on the fifth …
Read MoreBitcoin, like mobile telephony, may help poor countries leapfrog ahead
by Rashmee
Posted on October 20, 2014
On March 14, 2015, the poor island of Dominica will become the world’s first country …
Read MoreHow did the Caribbean begin to be seen as an earthly paradise?
by Rashmee
Posted on September 13, 2014
Speaking of tourism with a purpose (Porto’s ‘worst tours’) reminded me of Carrie …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK